Senate roll call 274 · 66th Congress · Apr 12, 1920
To amend S. 3792, by striking out sections 51 through 60, inclusive, as amended. These sections pertain to compulsory military training.
On Apr 12, 1920, the Senate voted 9–37 (S 3792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–29, Democrats 7–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Apr 12, 1920
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 13 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 29 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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